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Keck (SEAK25) Week 2: Dendrochronological Methods

gwiles July 7, 2025 2:10 pm

Dendrochronological methods are a key part to our research team’s success. While analyzing and drawing conclusions from data is essential, it is equally as important to ensure the proper collection, preparation, and handling of samples and extraction of ring measurements. … Continue reading →

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The Southeast Alaska Keck Team of 2025 (SEAK25) Begins Work on the Dendrochronology of Red Cedars

gwiles July 2, 2025 4:43 pm

Guest Blogger: Lynnsey Delio, The Keck Geology 2025 team has been working in the Wooster dendrochronology lab for the first week of research. The team cored the oak tree in front of Scovel on day 1 for some practice coring. … Continue reading →

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Investigation of a Ring Width Yellow Cedar (Cupressus nootkatensis) Series as a Record of Coolings Associated with Volcanic Eruptions

gwiles June 7, 2025 4:10 pm

Figure 1. Title page of Amanda’s thesis including one of the key figures. Amanda Flory (class of 2025) completed a thesis that investigated the interplay between the pace of the ocean-atmosphere climate in the Northeast Pacific that is dominated by … Continue reading →

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Browns Lake Study by Grace Neuman

gwiles May 15, 2025 11:30 am

Guest Blogger Grace Neuman: From mossy bogs to forgotten fields, the landscape of Northeastern Ohio holds buried stories. My Independent study, examines how two centuries of post-settlement human activity have altered the region’s ecosystems, and how we can still see … Continue reading →

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The geomorphology of Mount Eagle, Virginia, and the Civil War

Mark Wilson May 10, 2025 2:37 pm

Alexandria, Virginia — This is my second post about my new home in the Mid Atlantic. I retired from The College of Wooster in August of 2024, and just three weeks ago my wife and I moved from Wooster, Ohio, … Continue reading →

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Wooster Geologist in northern Virginia

Mark Wilson May 6, 2025 2:54 pm

Alexandria, Virginia —Last August I retired from The College of Wooster after 43 years of service. It was difficult to detach from the wonderful Earth Sciences department after planting such deep roots in this extraordinary community of teacher/scholars. Then two … Continue reading →

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New Survey of Biomarkers in Lakes Across A Large Swath of North America

gwiles May 4, 2025 10:21 am

The link to the full publication and supporting data can be found here. HBI Wizard, Aaron Diefendorf (University of Cincinnati) on the forest edge of Browns Lake, Wayne County Ohio. Dr. Diefendorf and Dr. T.V. Lowell and their students (Dietrich, … Continue reading →

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New Publication from the Wooster Tree Ring Lab

gwiles April 26, 2025 10:31 am

The lead author of this work, Fred (Wenshuo) Zhao, photographed in front of the Mendenhall Glacier in Juneau, Alaska. The logs at his feet, recently exposed by the retreating ice, are the subject of his undergraduate thesis and this publication. … Continue reading →

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From Glacial Lake Craigton to Browns Lake Bog

gwiles April 20, 2025 9:46 am

Last Monday there was a power outage on campus and classes were cancelled, despite this news our afternoon lab period fieldtrip went on as planned. The trip consisted of a field trip led by Nigel Brush (retired from Ashland U. … Continue reading →

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New Paper on Oaks in Ohio – A Nostalgia Tour

gwiles April 12, 2025 11:04 pm

The College of Wooster Tree Ring Lab faculty, staff and students have teamed up to publish results of  an analysis of a network of tree-ring sites in Northeast Ohio to ask the question what is driving the changing climate response … Continue reading →

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